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Box brary 'V. 'i'nxas DOLLAR DAY Today's Paper Packed With Thursday Dollar Day Bargiuns DENTON RECORD-CHRONICLE Astf CoU VOL. XLVII MO. 166 DENTON. JDAY ARY 22,1950 Youth, 17, Is Charged With Priest's Death GREGORY, Feb.

22-- 'AP)--Jack Kenneth Nixon, .7, a three-time inmate of a Texas reform school, has een charged with murder in brutal slaying of a Roman priest here early esterday. The charge was filed late esterday with Justice of the 7 eace II. F. Papc. The bludgeoned body of Ihe Rev.

eonard Potrykus, 42, was 'ounii In is blood-spattered living quarters the Immaculate Conception lurch. after the slaying, Nixon ecked the priest's out 10 miles from here. The leifers To Be Given County jf'Young Farmers Within the next month, plans evelop as scheduled, 10 dairy will be given to Future irmers of America or 4-H boyi in IB county. The heifers will be ponsored by Denton County busi- firms and organizations. Already, Lee Massey of Pilot James Degan of be Borden Co.

of Denlon, the enlon County Livestock Assocla- and Sears, Roebuck and Co. Denton have said that they will one of the heifers. The Texas Pacific Railway will sponsor i If 10 are obtained, 'he heifers will be given to A or 4-H boys who will In turn irn to their chapter the first er calf which win be given to ther of their group. The DCLA 3. Tuesday night to sponser one the calves- Complete detniU of the Denton See HEIFERS, Page i A TOWN By K.

J. (BOB) EDWARDS unto me and be ye saved -tan. rhe Babylonians could and did ilave the bodies of the conquered but Ihe souls of God's peo- i they never conquered nor A thought! A little girl Mend of rs (her dnddy said) listened Icily while her motor's bridge spent an entire Rftcrnoon dis- sslng aches and pains, the faults i their friends, troubles of the 'rid and other negative opinions, lerwsrd the child said to her 'ther, "Next time those ladles ne. let's talk ItnolM Journal-Oaretle. March 1, Denton will lose a ilir all of us regret (o nnd, loo, it Is a family that ilon can 111 niford to lose.

That Mr. nud Mrs. Ed Miller tnke off for New Mexico and In search probnbly of home. Ed Miller has been sldent of Ihe Drnlon County National Bank flnce the death of V-e late J. W.

president the bnnk to Dint time, nnd he fci seen Denton nnci the bnnk both ovv and prosper. Ed Miller has on a factor in the present bigness id prosperity or Denton: he lins en active in all the civic nffsirs the city nnrl his civic iiitcdness nntl blsness of missed In the. councils o( Den- It la Ihe of this scribe. hundreds and nf 1 ncrs, that the Millers will return Denton one of these days to nXe their home. He said, "I have- In view in her New Mexico or Colorado: we See ROUND ABOUT.

Pago 1 First Caller Bought Car car, one call, one sale hat's Ihe results this ad received. MS CHEVROLET top. BC.XX! MO. W. tycamore, Velvln Dane, North Texas Sta- Ion, placed the ad and sold the to the (Irst culler.

Look to 'he claulfled section for resuilsl A few wnnlet ipenl on a classified ad rill bring big mults because leople read Ihe classified adi fill Iheir nttis. Why dra't you ike advantage of this powerful Advertising medium to sell, buy, TM or hlrtf PHONE 2090 Clculftai youth was picked up unconscious about 1:30 and an Investigation was begun immediately. About two hours later officers broke in the priest's living quarters and found his body. The youth suffered a head injury in the automobile accident. He told officers at tha Aransas Hospital that he was unable to remember events of the night.

Late last, night he was xmder gunrd in the hospital. Sheriff Frnnk Hunt of San Patricio County said the priest's bloodstained wrist watch, cigarette lighter, cigarette ease and in cash were found on Nixon. Deputy Sheriffs W. A. Kline aiTd M.

L. Raeder found the priest's body. "I can tell you I was really horrified," said Kline. "Father Potrykus died fighting for his life. It was the most brutal murder I have ever seen." "There wns blood spattered all over the bathroom, a whole pool of it on Ihe floor," he said.

"In the bedroom, blood was spattered up on the wall to a height of six feel." Kline said the priest's head was beaten "at the front and back and his face was bndly bruised." Kline said he thoughl (he murder weapon probably was a piece of pipe. "I believe the priest was asleep in bed when the murderer came into the room," Kline said, "The murderer hit him once and the indications are that the priest managed to get out of bed, and ON WAY OUT--Dr. Peter Vou- tov. Charge D'Affaries of the Bulgarian legation in Washington, leaves the state department in his car after he was told to make arranbements to withdraw from this country. The U.

S. broke diplomatic relations with Bulffnrin, climaxing Communist attacks on American Minister Donald Heath in Sofia and a demand from the Bulgarian government for his recall. (AP Wirpphoto) Bulgaria Rift May Help Ease Other Tension began fighting for his life. See YOUTH. Page 2 He Liberal Dems Upheld AUSTIN.

Feb. district court injunction barring two liberal-faction Democrats from membership on the slate executive committee was dissolved by the Texas Supreme Court today. The injunction struck down wns one that had been granted Neville Penrose and Bennett L. Smith preventing Jack Carter and, Mrs. J.

W. Douglas of Fort Worth from serving as members of the Democratic) executive committee. Attorneys for Penrose anu Mrs. Smith had charged that the conservative Tarrant County delegation of which they were members had been ejected from the stormy 1948 State Democratic Convention at Fort Worth by "trickery and fnud." Carter and Mrs. Douglas were members of the liberal or pro- Truman Tarrant County delegation that was seated.

Their attorneys said the reel issue in the case was whether or not a party convention WASHINGTON, Feb. 22--Ill- State Department officials pressed hope today thr.t the Amer' lean diplomatic break with Bulgaria will bring improvement in the treatment of U. S. diplomats and their local employes in other Russian satellite countries. A tragic tale of police terror and death lay behind the Bulgarian break.

It was not clear here that American officials and their native aides have been victimized to the same extent in other Communist nations. There no immediate Indication of further with any of those nations There was, however, a speculation on the pcsibllity of rupture In American relations with Hungary as a result of toe conviction there of Robert A. Vogeler, an American businessman accused of being a spy against the Red, regime in Budapest. Vogeler was sentenced to 15 rears in prison. Yesterday the department said the trial was "devoid of Justice, indequatt) as to evidence and replete with falsehood." The Stute Department lUsc.

disclosed the secret details of American to protect Its last Bulgarian translator at the American legation at Sofia against probable death at the of the Communist authorities. had the right members and to admit its own bar those whose views are in basic confict. The Court of Civil Appeals upheld the trial court Injunction. Carter and Mrs. Douglas have not served as members of the committee pending outcome of their peal.

ap- Suspect Held In Texoma Murder DENISON, Feb. charges were to be filed ioday Rgntiist a 26-year-old man. of Polts- boro, in the fatal shooting of R. H. McClrsm.

43, Dallas. McClpan, a retired automobile dealer who owned a resort on Lr.ke Te.xoma, wns shot Inte yesterday on a road seven miles west of here. Sheriff Merkle DIckcn said the Potssboro resident admitted Ihe shooting and was being held in Jail. The sheriff said the man apparently was bitter because at one time la.st year he was questioned series of Texonia in connection with buvRlnrles at Lake homes. X-Ray Drive Plans Started B.

K. Looaey, former Worth Texas SUU College faculty member, has been selected to spearhead the X-ray program which begina In Denton County March 11, J. W. (Dad! Fender, president oJ Denton County Tuberculosis Association said today. Mrs.

Robert McOtoud will aid Looney In publicity for the prograju. Committee meetings will be held In each community with all church, club, school and dvlo leaders participating. The purpoe ol tie panel will be to emphasise the urency of getting adult in the community to take advantage of the chest which will be available In downtown Denton during the week of March 1-25. Looney 1 wide experience in community activities makes him a a leader In this health project, Vender He is a member of the advisory bonrd ct Boy Scouts, past president at Klwanls Club, a member of bodies in both brunches of Mason- ery and Is an elder ia tha Presby- tcrian Church. At early data Loooey will Rtn a systematic visitation of all communities and will keep in contact with leaders and lay in campaign.

AaaociaUd Press Leased Wire SIXTEEN PAGM Action Against Lewis May Be Newest Move WASHINGTON, Feb. 22-(AP)--Thwarted thus far in its effort to produce coal by court order, the government today was reported considering contempt action directly against John L. Lewis and his top lieutenants. A federal contempt of court citation--which named the striking United Mine Workers as a union but not the officers--has brought no results in two days except further fuel famine, more plant shutdowns and scattered violence. Negotiations hers droned on.

The bargaining sessions grew shorter and the recesses longer. No progress was visible; demands grew for Icderal seizure of the mines. But a responsible government official said the Justice Department first may try "filing some more papers" to broaden the contempt case. He suggested that Federal Judge Richmond B. Keech may be asked to add the names of Lewis and some of UMWs 2 district presidents in the soft coal areas to the contempt citation.

This official said the government, when it obtained the contempt citation Monday', lacked evidence to do more than make a blanket complaint against the union. Now, he said, more specific charges may be lodged. This dovetailed with repoits that FBI agents have been busy in the coal fields, assembling evidence on the union's effort tp comply with the court's back-to-work order. Lewis, who has wired his defiant men to resume digging, smiled gently as he left each bar- Looney Joins Mayor's Race Political fires wert really getting fuel today as a third candidate Joined the torrid race for mayor. test aspirant is B.

E. Looney, retired North Texas State College faculty member. Looney, a graduate of Trinity University and the University of Chicago, moved to Dentou and Joined the faculty at NTSO in 1918. Hs retired In 1945. He Is a nievvi- ber of the Presbyterian Church and for many years has held official position In the church.

He has also been active In Boy Scout work and was the recipient of the Beaver award. Looney has been a member of the Denton Xiwanis Club for 22 years and served as president of the organization in 1934. He was also a member of the chamber of commerce. gaining session, and said not a word. As for legislation authorizing a seizure of the mines, the White House obviously regarded such a step as a last resort, to be taker, only if all other efforts fail.

Reports of spreading unemployment, closing schools, hardship and violence built up the tension here. Ten thousand members of the independent Progress Mine Workers PMW) union went on strike in Illinois today. Negotiations, pursued' sporadically since last summer, col-' lapsed finally. The PMW has been producing most of Illinois' coal supply since Lewis' much larger UMW went on Btrike. Simultaneously, Rocxford, 111., cosed its public schools.

The state capital, Sprintrfield, followed New York's lead and began a "brownout." Cleveland turned off almost 4,000 street lights. Pittsburgh suspended all night school classes, as Washington, D. did yesterday. The Indiana Public Service Commission authorized the state's electric utilities to cut service as much See ACTION, Page 2 HELD IN ROBBERY Francis G. (Cur'ey) Maloney, 60, above, reported to Dallas police that he had been robbed of J1.8CO In a tourist court by two masked men.

Then Dallas police took Mploney into custody in connection with a $26,000 Louisiana robbery. Dallas Detective Captain Will Frizt said that Maloney was charged with the robbery of the Old Southport Club in Jefferson Parish, just outside New Orleans, about Jan. 10 and that Maloney had verbally admitted he committed the robbery. (AP Photo) Two Major State Tax Bills Ready AUSTIN, Feb. 22--(AP) -A double-barreled tax raise plan to foot the bill for better state hospitals and special schools was apparently over the hump today.

AU that remain to be done on that score In the special session was to adjust House and Senate differences in the clgaret tax bill for buildings and the omnibus tax bill for support. The penny-a-pack boost on cig- arets rode through the Senate yesterday with a 24 to 5 majority. The Was a certainty. Final passage of the tax bills brought praise from the governor, plus his denia that they represented an effort to cram a finance plan down the Legislature's throat. Debate in the Senate brought charges that the clgaret bill a plan backed by big business and the Administration to avoid additional taxes on industry under 'he omnibus law.

The 10 per cent Increase would apply to oil, gas and R. L. Proffer ef Justin was among the state senators voOax for the the Senate okayed the 10 per cent omnibus tax bill increase, with some changes. The House could accept both as they came 'over from the Senate without calling for conference committees. That would hasten the bills to Gov.

Allan Shivers', desk, where his signature that would make them law CITY MERCHANTS' 'SOS' SYSTEM TRAPS FORGER Senate passed' the original House- the state tax. approved measure with no major -changes. Monday Tuesday's lightning arrest of a woman forger that had been hitting Denlon businesses and evading officers, brought to light little- publicized service carried on by the Retail Merchants AsiT iation. "S-O-S" Is an International 1 of distress, and the luckless voung lady found out about the assoii- tion's "S-O-S" system the hard Thwarted at her second attempt, forgery charges today. Six forgery the woman looked for a new mer chant, unaware that description was being broadcast via tele- Phone.

She went Into the store, found-some merchandise she wanted asked if shr could write a check. The manager had Just gotten her description. It tallied with (be wanted fortrer. He excused as an example'to the cooperative system used by merchants. Monday the yung lady had given a merchant a bogus check.

It looked easy and Tuesday she tried the same merchant again. This time an alert employe tipped off the Retail Merchants Association and law officers. The merchant had given the RMA a fairly accurate description of the woman. Mrs. Mann and her employes hauled down the master card, which lists over 200 members of the association, and called three of them.

Following the association plan, these three merchants called two nore, who in turned called two more, and so on. It's estimated this system can cover the 200 merchants in approximately 10 to 15 minutes. She was standing there, waiting for her check fc be approved, when officers tapped her on the shoulder and said, -with As she sits behind Jail bars today she's probably unaware of the system that trapped her--the of cooperative "S-O-S" system merchants. Bond for Johnny Lois Clark, 74- year-old Cleburne woman, arrested here yesterday and charged on counts of forgery, may be set today, she is being held In the Dro- ton County jail after her arrest by officers shortly before noon Monday as she attempted to give another check. Another woman Trith her, believed to have given one of the checks recovered so far, may also face also held by Cle- against the Clark comlaints are burne officers woman, acxrding to Sheriff Ones Hodges.

The tall, slender woman had likins for clothes and most of the "hot checks" were given tor women's apparel. Chief Deputy E. D. Datis and Deputies Homer Barns and Ray Meredith recovered most of the' clothing from her room in a house on B3nkle Drive. She had been living there since mining from Cleburne the first of tee month.

Her check-writing activity hit Its peak Monday, and Tuesday she tried to give another check to Russell's. An employe became suspicious and called the sheriff's department and Retail Merchants Association. While officers tanned out around the square, tic girl walked Into the Vanity Shop, intent on grrtng anotner Tom Richardson, manager, recognized the description and called officers. She was arrested in the store. The checks she had given here were drawn on the Cleburne bcnk account of K.

J. Callairay, by Johnny Clark. She told officers that her father worked for Catlaway, but that she did not have his permission to sign checks. CHILI TODAY AND HOT Norther Drops Mercury 48 Degrees C-C Will Honor Engineer Tonight lighway committee of the Denton Chamber of Commerce will give an appreciation dinner at 7:30 tonight in the Southern Hotel honoring NU C. Welborn.

Welborn, who Has been dislrict engineer of the Dallas district of the State Highway Department will accept a position senior engineer In special servers on assignment out of Austin on March 1. HD will be succeeded dislrict engineer by Frank W. Cawthorn. Since Welborn hai been in the Dallaa rtlstrlct, there been about four million dollars in high- fay construction and sen-Icing done in Denton County alone. 'BIG D' CLAIMS SAID Denton Auto Dealers Issue State-Wide Car Challenge i tlee We an i i tolta center it's ready to lake on "Big or any other metropolitan city at any time, on any car, or any deal.

Denton automobile dealers this week-end were getting to tell Uwlr story on the of Denlon County folks buying their cars here when the Associated Press carried over Its state wire a story of the "wheel and deal" activities of a Dallas xued-car operator who booted he can furnish new IUUM under "list pries." The effect of the AP slory In Dntou was like telllitg Mnxlr RoscnbUiom ran't ftBhl. Almost to thr a Ihf Denton dealers aiuwfrcii thallonje. nlon County i business has fooled a lot deals than of people," another dealer ne- anybody in Dallas or Port Worth can and we will give Fort Worth and Dallas folks better deals than they can get in the big city," one dealer almost bellowed. "And what's more we can prove It. Just corns on over and we will give them some real deals and some real The claims of the Dallas used- car operator made to the AP story were branded by several Denton dealers One Denton mac called It "boo i onlch In claim Is that lie says he a to sell sny new unrtcr list price.

But whal's hl.i price? Thai c.lared, "I had one customer who had been to Dallas before he came to see me. He waj surprised to find that the list price on toe new car I was offering him was (2.175. The dealer bad told him that the list price was "Now that aurae Delias dealer had offered him W80 for his oil car and 1 had offered ulm He thought UM Dallas deal was best because be couU get IMS more lor his old car there until he found out the Dentoa list price on the new car," the deeler continued, "Actually he saved hy buying his In Denton." The rtprvMntallve or another AUTOS, 7 Near freezing weather ii In store for Denton and vicinity temperatures are expected to range between 30 and 36. But thp mercury will climb rapidly Thursday and warm weather will prevail again by nightfall, the weather man tonight. said.

COLO The mercury climbed to a high oJ Abilene Crippled By Flu Epidemic ABILENE. Feb. has laid a crippling hana on Abilene. One physician estimates that one third of the city's population Is 111. Absentees from city school classrooms mounted to 1,168 yesterdaj', most of the mattrtbuted to flu.

Weary doctors ire being consulted in as many as 80 cases daily. Some physicians were compelled to prescription orders by telephone. One doctor described it ts "The old fashioned tyrw of flu thut we had during the First World War." He added: "However, most cases have been light, and no critically 111 patients have been reported as yet All three colleges In Abilene reported high absence figures. NO CITY VI5-W MAGAZINE SALESMEN AUTHORIZED There are plenty of accredited mugaslna in Denton. but those claiming to be from the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post aren't, according to Roy Kelly, commander of Phil Miller Post No.

Kelly said today that these saletmen are pasting them- selvw off si men and using tirtous ruses to Ihelr mnjaaliie subscriptions. He that there are no VTW- magaime ealeamen. 82 degrees as recorded at the Lone Star Gas gauge at 5 p.m. Tuesday. By p.m.

a norther had bustled Into Denton dropping temperatures to 53 degrees. This morning's low was 34 degrees at 8. There was a range of degrees between the high and low in the past 24 hours. The Associated Press reported fast-moving cold front that, swept into Texas yesterday was bearing down on the Texas coast today. Brisk winds whipped the front along and prompted small craft warnings along the coast.

Thundershowers continued fa form ahead of the front. But bfr: hind the front, skies cleared rapidly as temperatures fell. The Weather Bureau predicted even colder weather for the entire state today and tonight, but said slightly higher readings ure expected West Texas and the northwest portion of East Texas tomorrow. This morning the front extended roughly from btlow Shreteport, to south of Lufkin, on west to aboui miles below San Antonio and then south to Del Rio. TEXAS LAUGHS By BOYCE HOUSE Back many yean ago when the "money question" constituted the great national Issue, there was a man running for Uwi Tennessee Legislature and, as he was his opening speech, somebody veiled, "Row do you stand on the money question?" Though that was a nutter far Congress sad the Pmidtni to ban- die and there absolutely nothing Uwi lexisUture could do on the subject, the candidate did not heaiute to reply: "Fclkr cltksetro, I am tn favor of the (oU standard and I for free of (llwrr and I an' st a leeUe more counterfeit." (Be was elected.) New aa4 Rain was heaviest in the area of Houston which reported 1.73 inches In the 24 hours ending at Texarkana reported .60 of an inch and Lufkin .11.

Temperatures dropped far below freezing in the Panhandle overnight. Dalhart's 16 was the state's low, while Brownsville in the extreme south had a low of 69. Other low readings included Amarillo 21. Clarendon 24, Lubbock 27, Childress and Wichita Falls 28. Abilene 33, Dallas and Fort Worth State Won't Ask Death For Doctor MANCHESTER, N.

Feb. 33-- UB--The state ol New Hampshire Is not going to ask the extreme penalty In the "mercy death' mur- trial of Dr. Hermann N. Sarj- der. County Prosecutor William H.

Craig disclosed last night the gov- emmrnt did not plan to seek death by hanging--the maximum sentence for murder in ths first degree--in the case of the 41-year- old country doctor. The sUie charges Dr. Sander hastened the death of Mrs. Abble Borroto. old incurable cancer patient, by injecting ah- into her veins.

sulphur production, along with numerous items such as direct sales levies on automobiles, radios and other commodilies. This additional tax, effective for 18 months, has been estimated to raise 20 million dollars, 15 million of for hospital operations. The additional Kales tax on cig- arets should bring In 60 million dollars over the 5 seven and one-half year period of Us effectiveness, primarily for buildings but some for support of the state hospitals. Shivers commended the Legislature for its work. He said be had Invited any better plan than the one he suggested, but none had developed.

"I didn't hear of any, publicly, privately, or secretly," the governor said. A Senate minority fought a bitter lost-in-advaoce fight against the clgaret tax bill. The showdown test came on an amendment proposing that the terras ol the bill cover just 18 months, Uke the omnibus tax, Instead of seven and a half years. The administration won, to 5. Floor leaders for the bill urged senators not to make any changes --such as a proposed addition pf a 'cigar tax--thai Might embroif the measure in a conference committee.

"This to it," said Senator A. M. Alkin, of Paris. "Adoption of this amendment (limiting the tax to 18 months) would kUl the bill for the purposes for which It was drawn and eliminate any hope of a -long-range building program." Senator Pat Bullock of Colavdo City took Issue with Alkln. "The administration and representatives of industry have said we must take this and nothing else," Bullock: saW.

Norman Thomas Talks Here Today Norman Tbamat, leader of the United Statea Socialist paily and kmc-Ume candidate for pretldent, wtll apeak on the Way Cannot Afford," at 4 p.m. io- ta UM library audltsrium at North Twai State OoUtft. Dooit? Is Alfred f. 11M Avenue MHKtuaced today bia cudJdacv fcr comminatooer of Precinct 1. employed at the preeeot Uae ay the street and ol the cttjr, Denton Youth Feared Lost An extantire mren Is underway off the coast of New Orleans for the body of Billy D.

Williams, 30, son of id-, and Mrs. HJshs Williams, 712 Bradshaw. Williams fell from a Coast Guard barge te arbor while servicing Monday. A Coast Guard spokesman told Mr. and Mrs.

Williams that their son had slipped and evldeaUy had hit head on the barge before falling Into the water. His body did not rise to the surface. Williams had been in the Guard since the latter part of 1949 In and 1M7 he in the Navy. Funeral services are pending the location of the body. Williams was born Feb.

5, 1939, in Lewlsville. Survivors are his parents, one brother. R. r. Williams of Denton and five sisters, Mrs.

O. B. HOT- ton. Mrs. Truman Franks, Mrs.

Jewel Parks, Mrs. Ray Blankenship and Mrs. C. A. all of Denton.

Jack Schmitz and Sons Home will be charge of funeral arrangements. 15 IKe In Strafing HONG KONG, Feb. ihinese Nationalist planes tilled 15 railroad passengers and Injured 50 others in a siraflnj attack en the nearby Communist of Sumchan. WEATHER DENTON AND VtCmTTY: Fair and slightly colder tonight, with lows ranging from to Thursday fair and warmer byjoftcmoon, EAST TEXAS: Fair, colder Knight with lowest temperature 2t-S In Red River Valley, not so cold to northwest portion Thursday afternoon. Prtsh to locally southerly on ttw eoM tng to northerly tats i WOT TEXAS: Mr..